Stitching the Clava Cairns

STITCHING THE TAPESTRY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS

This audio forms part of a series of audio interviews conducted in 2023 by Smartify as part of the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project. Listen and discover the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands through the eyes of the stitchers of the Tapestry of the Highlands and Islands.

Join Jacqueline, Matti, Polly, Sharon and Susan of The Clava Clan Stitchers as they discuss the story of their panel, stitching 'Claire', and finding inspiration at the ancient and atmospheric Clava Cairns.

[Susan] ...not long after we moved here in 2000, I was digging my vegetable garden and found a piece of worked flint in the vegetable plot...I just wonder who else walked through our bit of the hillside going to and from the sea and the ring cairns.